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Forest Creek Open Space

Forest Creek Open Space from directly overhead

Forest Creek Open Space is a nature reserve in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 82 m. Lookout Point stands 802 m to the east-northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Pfeifer Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Mount Hood passes 7.3 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
North Clackamas Parks & Recreation District
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates45.42212, -122.51945

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Pfeifer Park: 0.1 mi
  • Sieben Park: 0.3 mi
  • Summerfield Park: 0.3 mi
  • Village Green Park: 0.3 mi
  • Pioneer Park: 0.7 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
Attractions
Artworks
  • Jesus: 3.4 mi
  • Bower: 5.7 mi
  • Saint Francis: 5.9 mi
  • The Gathering: 5.9 mi
  • Kerf: 6.4 mi
Historic sites
  • Clifford Stocker Memorial Parkside: 4.1 mi
  • Pow-Wow tree: 4.8 mi
  • Liberty: 5.1 mi
  • Dr. John McLoughlin Memorial Bridge: 5.2 mi
  • Robert Delgado memorial: 5.2 mi
Gardens
Museums: 51
Waterfalls: 49
  • Hidden Falls: 1.0 mi
  • Knapp Falls: 3.8 mi
  • Singer Falls: 6.1 mi
  • Tumble Creek Falls: 6.8 mi
  • Jane Martin Waterfall: 6.9 mi
Picnic sites: 20
  • Willamette Falls Heritage Foundation: 6.5 mi
  • Picnic Area B: 7.2 mi
  • Picnic Area A: 7.4 mi
  • Picnic Area C: 8.5 mi
  • Picnic Area D: 8.6 mi
Cliffs: 14
  • Madrone Wall: 3.7 mi
  • Phantom Bluff: 8.8 mi
  • Schwingus - Rocky Butte Quarry: 8.9 mi
  • Rocky Butte Quarry: 9.0 mi
  • Rocky Butte Quarry: 9.2 mi
Beaches: 11
  • Poet's Beach: 9.4 mi
  • Swim beach: 9.7 mi
  • Sandy River Beach: 10.7 mi
  • Lindbergh’s Beach: 12.6 mi
  • Lieser Point: 13.1 mi
Springs: 5
  • spring w/concrete cover: 11.4 mi
  • School District Spring: 16.0 mi
  • Giesy Spring: 18.7 mi
  • Wahkeena Spring: 21.7 mi
  • Oliver Spring: 21.8 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Rest areas: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.3 miles of Forest Creek Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Lookout PointENE 77°802 m19.4 mi
Walker PeakE 79°736 m19.2 mi
Devils RestENE 63°732 m21.3 mi
Pepper MountainENE 66°655 m18.3 mi
Lenhart ButteESE 106°638 m17.8 mi
Livingston MountainNNE 22°595 m19.2 mi
Spud MountainNNE 23°576 m20.3 mi
Angel's RestENE 61°484 m20.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4419:23
June solstice05:2220:1721:03
September equinox06:5818:3019:09
December solstice07:4815:4116:30

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F434549536065717165564742
Precip in6.54.54.83.82.51.80.50.61.64.26.77.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Oregon City, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/131114906

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